Press Releases

ORLANDO – On Monday, June 8 at noon, U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park, Fla., will host a Hurricane Preparedness Webinar with emergency management officials to prepare Floridians for the 2020 Hurricane season amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Murphy will be joined by Director Jared Moskowitz with the Florida Department of Emergency Management, Regional Administrator Gracia Szczech with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Alan Harris with the Seminole County Emergency Management,...
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ORLANDO – On Monday, June 8 at 3 p.m., U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park, Fla., will host a virtual Spanish-Language Town Hall to discuss the unique challenges faced by the Hispanic community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Murphy will be joined by Father Jose Rodriguez of Iglesia Episcopal Jesús de Nazaret, Gaby Ortigoni of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Metro Orlando, and local health experts. Murphy and her guests will answer questions from constituents about the health and economic...
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Reps. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., and Darin LaHood, R-Ill., members of the House Ways and Means Committee, introduced Clean Start: Back to Work Tax Credit legislation that would create a temporary tax incentive available for businesses to make sure their entities are properly cleaned as stay-at-home restrictions are lifted, protecting both workers and customers. The bipartisan Clean Start tax credit would help offset increased costs of cleaning and disinfection needed to combat COVID-19....
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy and members of the Blue Dog Coalition sent a letter — to House and Senate leadership this week calling on them to pursue bipartisan mechanisms to gather the facts regarding the actions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak and throughout the pandemic. Specifically, the Blue Dogs called for the establishment of a bipartisan Commission to assess the United States’ preparation for and response to COVID-19, the Chinese...
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WASHINGTON—A bipartisan bill — spearheaded by U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park, Fla., was included in legislation passed by the House today, called the HEROES Act , which is Congress’s latest effort to combat COVID-19. Murphy’s measure would enhance the employee retention tax credit (ERTC), which incentivizes businesses of all sizes to retain their employees in active or furloughed status, rather than laying them off, so they continue to receive a paycheck, employer-sponsored health insurance,...
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Representatives Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., John Katko, R-N.Y., Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Chris Pappas, D-N.H., today introduced bipartisan legislation — to enhance the employee retention tax credit — (ERTC) that Congress and the President recently enacted in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act . The Members are pushing for their bipartisan proposal to be included in the next bill that Congress crafts to combat COVID-19. The ERTC encourages...
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WASHINGTON – As Florida approaches its August primary elections, U.S. Representatives Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., and Mario Díaz-Balart, R-Fla., led a bipartisan letter urging Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to formally request available federal funds from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to make Florida elections safer during the COVID-19 crisis. In addition to Murphy and Díaz-Balart, the letter was signed by U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor, Charlie Crist, Val Demings, Ted Deutch, Lois Frankel,...
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ORLANDO—U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park, Fla., encourages students in the Florida’s Seventh Congressional District to submit their artwork for the 2020 Congressional Art Competition. The competition gives students an opportunity to showcase their creativity and artistic talent. Murphy’s office will present all submissions to a panel of local art educators to select the winner. Pending federal, Florida and Washington D.C. COVID-19 restrictions, the Congressional Institute,...
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Representatives Stephanie Murphy and Donna Shalala, both from Florida, have introduced legislation to increase access to affordable health insurance for millions of Americans without coverage, including 2.7 million Floridians. The Murphy-Shalala bill, called the Health Insurance Marketplace Affordability Act (HIMAA) — , would reduce premiums for individuals who purchase plans through the health insurance marketplace by increasing the tax credits that prime working-age Americans—between...
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